Lamentations 5:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ We have been pursued close onto our neck, We have laboured and had no rest.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Our necks are under persecution: We labour, and have no rest.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Our pursuers are upon our necks [like a yoke]; we are weary and are allowed no rest.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

Common English Bible

⁵ Our hunters have been at our necks; we are worn out, but have no rest.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ We were dragged by our necks. Being weary, no rest was given to us.

Lamentations 5:5 Cross References

Jeremiah 27:2

“This is what יהוה  said to me, ‘Make for yourselves bands and yokes. Then you shall put them on your neck,

Jeremiah 27:8

‘And it shall be, the nation and reign that do not serve Neḇ

Jeremiah 28:14

‘For thus said יהוה  of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 51:58

Thus said יהוה  of hosts, “The broad walls of Baḇ

Lamentations 1:14

“The yoke of my transgressions Has been bound by His hand, Woven together and thrust upon my neck. He has made my strength stumble, יהוה  has given me into hands Which I am unable to withstand.

Lamentations 1:3

Yehuḏ

Lamentations 4:19

Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the heavens. They came hotly after us on the mountains And lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

Micah 2:3

Therefore thus said יהוה, “See, against this clan I am planning evil, from which you do not remove your necks, nor walk proudly, for this is a time of evil.

Matthew 11:29

“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and humble in heart, and you shall find rest for your beings.

Acts 15:10

“Now then, why do you try Elohim by putting a yoke on the neck of the taught ones which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Deuteronomy 28:48

you shall serve your enemies whom יהוה  sends against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in need of all. And he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you.